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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1924
Page
2
The Monticello Express edited by J W Doxsee and Ch A Doxsee lists subscription price per year. No further details or figures provided in the readable text.
Long list of local visitors and calls from Monticello Anamosa Cedar Rapids and nearby towns. Mentions shopping at Bangs store J B Hanken home and Willow-Ware baskets. Includes church plans band concerts fares and a Ku Klux Klan meeting note with speaker Mr Wolfe.
Community notes report a private event titled Putting It Over planned for August. Various residents including Mrs Rose Alsever Cedar Rapids, Mrs Puiler Monticelo, Litter's sister from Oklahoma, and Miss Wate Maurice Monticello are mentioned with local names. Several moves and names appear in a long muddled paragraph with references to Dr and Mrs Ackerman and family relocation to Wax Town Iowa.
The Hiawatha area holds a neighborhood gathering detailing sanitation topics, trees and walks, and plans for an August meeting led by president Mes Xf AfAn Ames. Members review safety, disease concerns, and community welfare as Miss Mother Sinclair performs an humorous reading.
The Onslow community held a weekly meeting led by Mrs Bayts with Miss Crown and several guests attending. Visitors from Belle and Wyoming filled the scene as crops face uneven growth, a severe storm struck Main Street with lightning and hail, and locals recount various family and social arrivals and departures amid town life.
Mrs. Bo Hutton and son Merle and William Spiegel visited Mr. and Mrs. Tow Wright last Sunday. Pauline Jacobs arrived to spend a three week vacation with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jacobs. Harrison Loomis returned from John McDonald hospital Monticello after an operation. The Hila Morgan tent show drew locals from Monticelo and Anaea. The Presbyterian Lusties Aid will meet with Mrs. Louis Wright on the trio of August afternoon. William Spiegel of Montivedia visits the family of Myr. dt. ds Hhatton this week. Morrison Loomis attended a fair in Cedar Rapids. Readings note hog shipments from Scott County. Leech of Dubuque was in Wrove. Brat weekly.
Mrs. Ita Tracy of Mount Vernon visits Mrs. Jesse Tomlinson and calls on many former friends. Mrs. Edna McGill and her son Robert of Marion are visiting Mrs. George Lyon.
Elizabeth Koppes a Cascade resident since early life died at 83 in the home of her daughter Mrs Del La Mont near Epworth after a long illness. Born Elizabeth Dondelinger in Luxemburg she came to America as a girl with her parents settling on a farm northwest of Cascade. She married Nicholas Kopppes who preceded her in death. Twelve children survive including Mrs Matt Wier Brownsville MN and Nick Koppes Portland OR. Funeral Saturday at St Martins Church with Rev Roche officiating.
On July 23 at the Behnke home in Wyoming, Henrietta Marie Behnke wed Ity M. McAdam. Music by Carrie Hanson accompanied the ceremony while Rey Cleveland led the processional amid yellow and white decorations. The bridal party included Ednaa Mee Adin and Lester Hehohe. A three course dinner followed prepared by Lotvanna Klohe and Carrie Hanson.
The Castle Grove farm bureau met Friday evening with lighter attendance due to the busy season. Mary Delay gave a humorous reading How to Drive a Pig. County Agent Smith spoke on army worms and the Jones County Poultry Protective Association and showed four reels of moving pictures.
The Echo of weekly social life includes a Presbyterian reception for Rev Howell and wife at the Bailey home, with lawn games and Victrola music. Ongoing weather slows haymaking and oats harvest while residents report hail damage near Cass and other neighboring towns.
Prairieburg hosts a large Sunday picnic at Anamosa park honoring Mrs. H. B. Flockhart of Minneapolis and Mrs. William Payne of Delphos Kansas. The event draws nearly all residents and nearby families with social visits reported among locals.
Des Moines Capital questions Senator La Follette’s qualifications for the presidency citing his 20 years and lack of patriotic Fourth of July speeches. The paper asks on what grounds he is entitled to receive a vote for president.
Poultry expert advises culling poor producers as soon as noticed since many hens fail to lay consistently. In late summer inspect the flock and retain only the best layers with objective criteria for head beak comb body breast legs toes vent pelvic arch and abdomen indicating good or poor layers.
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